Pecos wrote:
> kony <spam@spam.com> wrote in
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>> 3) You lose credibility for running Vista on any serious
>> system use. It's still a beta, DRM laden, toy OS.
>
> 20 million copies of Vista sold in the first two months of 2007
> does not a toy OS make.
> > http://news.com.com/Microsoft+sells+...l?tag=nefd.top
>
> I am not your average PC user. I seek out beta software. I was a
> beta tester for the Microsoft Vista CPP (Consumer Preview Program)
> beginning with the Beta 2 version. Later Microsoft kindly sent the
> RC1 version, so I am quite familiar with Vista's shortcomings.
> It's expensive, it's buggy (mostly due to vendor device drivers)
> but it still makes sense to buy it with a new PC where the vendor
> is responsible for making sure it works with Vista capable hardware
> and device drivers.
>
> My take on Vista:
> http://www.mindspring.com/~anorton1/...html#Editorial

And my opinion, in the links below:

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<http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt>
<http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/423>
<http://www.aaxnet.com/editor/edit043.html>
<http://kadaitcha.cx/vista/dogsbreakfast/index.html>
cbfalconer at maineline dot net



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